|
|
Edward Dwight Coberly is a substantial and well known citizen of Columbus, where he is identified with the Hocking
Valley Railway as chief clerk of valuation. He was born at Georgesviile, Franklin County, January 4, 1879, the
son of Edward Newton and Melissa (Scott) Coberly.
Edward Newton Coberly was bon at Newport, Madison County, Ohio, August 7, 1853, the son of William and Margaret
(Gardner) Coberly. His wife, born at Georgesviile, Franklin County, January 19, 1853, was the daughter of William
and Martha (Upp) Scott. Edward Newton Coberly taught school in the common schools of Franklin County for a period
of ten years when a young man. On April 15, 1882, he entered the mercantile business at Georgesville, Ohio, and
still conducts his business on the same site where he started nearly fifty years ago. He is also largely interested
in agriculture and stock raising. He has always been a leading Republican, although he has never sought office
at the hands of the party. His wife died June 8, 1917, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Georgesville, Ohio.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moberly: Edward Dwight, the subject of this sketch; and Hazel Marie, born
May 21, 1886. She married Stanton Youngberg, of Minnesota, and he is at present director of the Bureau of Agriculture
for the Philippine Islands. They live in Manila.
Edward Dwight Coberly attended the district schools of Franklin County and at the age of sixteen years was a teacher.
He received the degree of Bachelor of Science at Ohio State University in 1905 and later completed courses in civil
engineering and law. He spent thirteen years with the United States Department of Agriculture, and since March
1, 1917, has been with the Hocking Valley Railway in real estate, tax, and valuation work. At present he is vice
chairman of an association of sixty three railroads in the Chicago district formed of their employees having responsible
charge of various phases of the federal valuation work.
On March 6, 1907, Mr. Coberly was united in marriage with Miss Flora Amanda Weisheimer, who was born in Columbus,
June 13, 1883, the daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Correll) Weisheimer. Mr. Weisheimer was born in Freimersheim
by Wurms, July 11, 1833, and his wife was born in Wahiheim by Alzye, February 2, 1845. Both were natives of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse. He was accidentally killed on September 26, 1913. His wife died October 30, 1906. Mr. and
Mrs. Coberly have a son, Edward William, born January 13, 1908, at 554 Hillsdale Street, Helena, Montana. He is
a graduate of North High School, Columbus, and attended Ohio State University. At present he is employed in the
office of the auditor of receipts of the Hocking Valley Railway.
Mr. Coberly is a Republican, a member of the North Congregational Church, Columbus, and belongs to the Masonic
Lodge, Huckeye Republican Club, and Acacia fraternity.
While attending Ohio State University Mr. Coberly was active in campus affairs. He was a member of the McKinley
Republican Club, Townshend Literary Society, Columbus Horticultural Society, Ohio Forestry Association, associate
editor of the "Agricultural Student," secretary of the Biological Club, a captain of the Cadet Batallion,
a member of the Ohio Academy of Science, and was one of the organizers and first treasurer of the University Grange
On the paternal side Mr. Coberly is a descendant of Francis Coverly and Jane Luxf ell, who were married at St.
James, Clerkenwell, London, England, in 1669, and shortly after emigrated to Staten Island, N. Y. The Coberly family
in America is not a numerous one, there being less than 200 living in cities large enough to have a directory.
Mr. Coberly is a great great grandson of Margaret Tiffin, sister of Ohio's first governor, and Judge John Gardner
for many years on the Common Pleas Bench in Ross County, Ohio. Mr. Gardner was a lineal descendant of Thomas Gardner
who was the first surveyor general of the province of New Jersey in the year 1686. Mr. Coberly's great grandmother
Coberly was Amelia Green, a lineal descendant of Surgeon John Green of Warwick, Rhode Island, and of Roger Williams,
the founder of Rhode Island. This is the same Green family which produced General Green of the Revolutionary War.
In the veins of this Green family runs the blood of every royal house of Europe. Mr. Coberly traces this ancestry
direct to William the Conqueror, Charlemaigne, Alfred the Great, and Constantine the Roman Emperor.
On the maternal side Mr. Coberly is a direct descendant of John Scott, third son of First Baronet of Ancrum, Roxburgshire,
Scotland, who settled in New York about 1730, where he and his sons engaged in, the fur trade. Mr. Coberly's grandmother
Scott, Martha Upp, is a direct descendant of the Annandale Johnstones of Scotland, and from the First Earl of Shaftesbury,
who was Prime Minister of England during the reign of Charles the First.
From:
History of Franklin County, Ohio
By:Opha Moore
Historical Publishing Company
Topeka - Indianapolis 1930
Privacy Policy for
OnlineBiographies
|
NAVIGATION
Franklin County, OH
Biographies
Online
Biographies
New York
Histories
New York
Biographies
Maine
Histories
Pennsylvania
Histories
Pennsylvania
Biographies
For all your genealogy needs visit Linkpendium
|